Though the weather was ____ unfavourable, they came ____ for the meeting. A. especially; specially B. specially; especially C. especially; especially D. specially; specially
答案为 B。但是我不知道 especially 与 specially 有什么区别。
especially与specially有相同之处：
A. 它们都可作“专门地”“特意地”解。在这个意义上，它们常常是可以互换的：
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I made this cake specially for you. 这个蛋糕是我特意为你做的。
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I wrote them specially for you. 我是专为你写的。
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I bought these flowers especially for you. 这些花儿我是专为你买的。
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The school was set up especially for workers' children. 这所学校是专为工人子弟建立的。
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I bought this present especially for you. 我专门为你买了这件礼物。
NODE 明确地指出,在 written especially for Jonathan 与 written specially for Jonathan 之间很难确定孰优孰劣。
B. 它们都可作“格外地”“特别地”“很”“非常”解：
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The food was not specially good. 食物并不太好。
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The food in that restaurant is not especially good. 那家餐厅的饭菜不太好。
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We need to be especially careful. 我们需要特别仔细。
它们的不同之处在于 especially 常常作“尤其是”“特别是”解，引出同位语或强调主语、宾语、状语（包括状语从句）等。许多标准化英语试题都涉及到 especially 的这一用法：
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He liked the American country singers, especially George Jones. 他喜欢美国乡村歌手，尤其是乔治·琼斯。
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I like all the children, Lester especially. 我喜欢所有的孩子,特别是李斯特。
[附注] specially 偶尔也用作“尤其是”解(仅用于非正式语体):
The children really enjoyed seeing the things in the museum, specially the dinosaurs. (CIDE) 孩子们确实喜欢看博物馆的展品，尤其是恐龙。
由此看来,英语的 specially 和 especially 的实际用法并不像上面的试题那样格式化。请做下面的英语试题：
It's always difficult being in a foreign country, ____ if you don't speak the language. A. extremely B. naturally C. basically D. especially(全国高考,00-11)